diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 4cb9c608ee191..284cd71bcc685 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -854,6 +854,13 @@ struct stripe_head *raid5_get_active_stripe(struct r5conf *conf,
 
 		set_bit(R5_INACTIVE_BLOCKED, &conf->cache_state);
 		r5l_wake_reclaim(conf->log, 0);
+
+		/* release batch_last before wait to avoid risk of deadlock */
+		if (ctx && ctx->batch_last) {
+			raid5_release_stripe(ctx->batch_last);
+			ctx->batch_last = NULL;
+		}
+
 		wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_for_stripe,
 				    is_inactive_blocked(conf, hash),
 				    *(conf->hash_locks + hash));